moonslav59

Further into the past NOT future. Do you need glasses or a dictionary?

It seemed like an appropriate jab. Lord knows we received our amount of jabs from Yankee fans for decades.

I certainly know he won't stay at .943, but it's not outlandish to think he might provide more than just a flash as a RH'd platoon for the remainder of 2020.

Hard to blame a Yankee fan for blathering on and on, right now. Remember how badly we felt after going so long between rings? Thing of this as their 2004, and they don't even have a ring, yet.

It's not at all about division winners, to me. I don't like the fact that division winners with worse records make the playoffs or get higher seeds. It's all about playing 162 games to weed out the bad teams and pretenders. I don't like one game play-in games. In baseball, luck is more important than other sports. I don't like 3 game series for the same reason. I'd liek to see all playoff series be 7 games, and with 14 or 16 teams making the playoffs, the season would need to be shortened.

They have a ways to go, and certainly it is not a sure thing they ever win a ring, but the path has been established, and the farm and 40 man roster rebuild happened much more quickly than I ever imagined it could. I'm not surprised so many have graded them harshly, as context is often ignored, and mistakes have been mades, but overall, it's as clear as day. Better than C+ for both.

Indeed, despite the fact that we won our last 8 games to force the playoff game and 12 out of 14. While the Yanks choked the last game of the year to CLE 9-2 and went just 8-5 in your last 13 games to help force the tie. Yes, anything can happen.

One man gathers what another man spills.

He might not be any GMs first choice, but I'm not saying we'd get anything good for Arroyo.

I'm on pins and needles! What time is the deadline for announcing the roster moves?

Which is about what you'd expect from a utility player. Yes, his health history is a major stumbling block for any GM thinking of adding him to their roster. I was thinking with the rule of 14 to 13 pitchers taking affect, today, maye some team might value Arroyo more than what they have in AAA. We have valued him enough to keep him around for 3 seasons.

LOL. Choosing the worst of worst is so much fun, though! Actually, we won't be choosing the worst: we'll be choosing one with options remaining.

1) I don't think GMs look at just 2022 numbers when valuing a player. 2) I think some team might view Arroyo as an upgrade over their current utility player or just had a player go our with an injury. Arroyo might not be as b ad as some think he is. For a 2Bman/Utility player a .762 OPS from 2020-2021 w 9 HRs in 235 PAs and a .745 OPS from 2018-2021 w 12 HRs in 351 PAs is actually pretty good. He's not bad on D at 2B. A 1.7 bWARin just 72 games from 2020-2021 projects to about a 3.5 bWAR in a full season. fWAR is not as kind: 0.9 fWAR from 2020-2021, but that projects to about a 2 fWAR over a full season. I think some GMs have a memory. It only takes one. I'm not praising Arroyo. I'd rather have Fitzy as our infield utility, but I do think some GM would give us a decent single A player for Arroyo.

It wouldn't hurt to have someone else (with options remaining), in case refsnyder proves to be a flash, of Cordero returns to his 2021 level.

I'm not sure what trade value Downs has. I think BTV over-inflates his value, and other teams have 40 man roster crunches, too, or will this winter. That being said, I think it's better than 50-50 he gets traded. We have nice depth at middle infield down the pipeline. Fitzy or Koss (promote?) can play AAA SS Lugo to AA Mayer or Bonaci to A+

I'm far from being an expert in this area, but here is a stab at it: Moves made, at some point, this year... Pitchers German (add to 40) & Seabold to MLB, at some point. Murphy & Groome to AAA rotation: Crawford to pen/Pannone let go ot to pen Mata & Drohan to AA rotation: (Mata might go to AAA) W Gonzalez to A+ Non Pitchers: When Casas returns, I think we cut a catcher loose (Grullon?). Ramos to DH or promote Castellanos to AAA to DH w Ramos. Binelas replaces Castellanos at 1B in AA. Kavadas replaces Binelas at 1B in A+. Hickey replaces Scott at C in A+. (Maybe Scott replaces Rangel in AA?) I'm not sure how to find room for a Mayer or Bonaci promotion, later in the season. I think we will look to make some 2 or 3 for 1 deals at or before the deadline, to free up 26 and 40 man roster over-crowding, as players return from the 60 day IL and the COVID list. (We also have a lot of Rule 5 additions to make, this winter, so looking ahead at the 40 man roster crunch, this winter, Bloom may decided to make some tough choices on who goes, before we reach that crunch time. That could free up space for further promotions down the pipeline. Things could get very interesting.

Yeah, they "peaked for 66 games. SMH.... Maybe like the 90 game "peak" the Sox had in 1978 (62-28), Yankee fans never let us forget?

A troll who doesn't know what trolling is. Not surprising.

I think it will grow on me, especially the first time the Sox remain in the hunt, longer, because of the new set-up. I do think that if the playoffs keep expanding, maybe after they go to the inevitable 32 team league. they should shorten the regular season and not have play-in games or 3 game playoff series.

I don't either. I do think a team might give a single A prospect for him, but I seriously doubt it would be the Dodgers.

No, I don't think LA would want Arroyo for the OF. I was just relaying what I felt the statement was addressing.

I'd say 99% on one of those two happening. Since a Sawamura option keeps all the cards on the table, I'd vote for that choice, even though I like Sawamura more than Barnes and Robles. Outside chance we trade someone- maybe equal salary dumps- like a scrub RP'er for a scrub OF'er who bats RH'd. (Not sure when Kike is due back.)

Hickey, too, and maybe Mayer & Bonaci soon, too.

We don't know what will happen, next, but sometimes bad skids start with a game like this.

You never know, but my guess is he's traded. We can assume we open 10 slots via free agency, although some may be back: Bogey, JD, Eovaldi, Kike, Vaz, Wacha, Hill, Strahm, Plawecki, Robles 3 Option: JBJ: ($8M buy out) $12M Paxton: $4M player option or $13M team option Sawamura: ($600K buy out) $3M team option 10 Others who may be off the 40 man by 2024 (trade or DFA): Barnes, Brasier, DHern, Valdez, Arroyo, Diekman, Groome, Downs, Danish, Norwood That's probably 14-18 possible open slots. Add certain 6 Rule 5s: Casas, German, WGonzalez, Murphy, Rafaela, B Walter Possible 14 Rule 5s, but more likely 2-3, at most: Fitzy, Feltman, Cottam, Granberg, Hamilton, Jimenez, Koss, Northcut, Ort, Paulino, VSantos, NSong, J Wallace, TWard Let's say 8 Rule 5 additions. That leaves 6-10 Free Agent signings. I guess that's the long way of saying, I can see Down making it on the 40 over some of the other guys listed here, and we don't know how many FAs we'll sign.